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May 17, 2023 · Amid ongoing lawsuits and a criminal investigation, the troubled production is back in the Cannes Marché, where producer Ryan Donnell Smith says it will be shepherded "in the best way...
Producer and Entrepreneur Ryan Donnell Smith has emerged as a leader in the entertainment industry over the last few years, lending his expertise in line production and tax equity structure
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Oct 28, 2021 · The grandson of a musician and the son of a banker, Cheney named his production company Thomasville Pictures, which he co-owns with business partner Ryan Donnell Smith, and filmed movies...
Ryan Donnell Smith is known for The Pale Blue Eye (2022), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) and Supercell (2023).
- Producer, Production Manager, Executive
- Ryan Donnell Smith
- Winner of A Golden Globe For Best Screenplay
- Interview with Ryan Donnell Smith
- From Line Producer to Executive Producer
- Putting Your Time in and Getting Experience
- How to Fund A Film Project
- Casting and The Importance of Chemistry Reads
- From Script to screen
- The Benefits of Filming in Georgia
- Advice For Aspiring Filmmakers
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) tells the true story of the trial against civil rights activists and anti-Vietnam war protestors in 1969. This group of individuals all protested against the Vietnam War at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Their main charge was conspiracy to incite a riot, even though most of the accused were in ...
FF: Can you tell us a little bit more about your filmmaking background? RDS: Yeah, absolutely. I kind of started in that early production on set working in feature films really learning the film production industry through and through from each department, and understanding how the camera works to the lighting, everything kind of the on set physica...
FF: Fantastic. We will definitely be checking it out. With line production being one of the starting points for you, how would you say that being a line producer helped you to be a better producer and executive producer later on down the line? RDS: There were some theories early in life of people that I’ve met in management, really big companies, a...
FF: Yeah, absolutely. I think understanding the functionality, a lot of people, you know, they want to make their own films, but they don’t necessarily have the experience to see how others have done it. How did you go about getting that experience? And what would you recommend that aspiring filmmakers do in order to get that, you know, such import...
FF: That’s great advice, thank you. And also when you’re you know, you mentioned about your first one being 200,000, how did you get that 200,000? Like, actually get that because that may not be a big budget, obviously, in terms of the grand scale that’s out there, but for aspiring filmmakers, okay, even a few thousand, it’s hard, so it’d be intere...
FF: Fantastic. So when you were casting, what did you have in mind? What do you look for when you’re casting? RDS: When we’re you know, when casting a project, gosh, again, the media that we all create every day, and I lean more on the numbers in the business side than I do the creative, right, in the nature of what I do. But it all starts with a g...
FF: And talking of projects, if you could tell us a little bit about your most recent project that’s obviously going to be available for people to see soon, can you tell us about your process there? What was your whole process? Not just casting but how did you come up with choosing to tell the story and everything? RDS: I’ll give you the example of...
FF: So you know the cash flowing idea, I’ve heard that being done quite a lot, and obviously you were saying about incentives to film in Georgia, to shoot in Georgia. I’ve heard, also, quite a lot that a lot of films that are LA productions end up actually being shot in Georgia. What are some of the financial benefits for filmmakers looking to make...
FF: Just finally as well, if you were to give one little snippet of advice for a new filmmaker, what would it be? RDS: It’s not going to be easy, but so many people give up on their dream right before the success is about to come, and so keep pushing and know that you have to fight for your dreams and it may take time. FF: Thank you so much for you...
Apr 1, 2021 · Producer Ryan Donnell Smith talks about working on the Oscar-nominated film The Trial of the Chicago 7, from director Aaron Sorkin.
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